25/03/2004 (Agence Europe) - A delegation of Italian Radicals, led by MEP Emma Bonino, held talks in Baghdad on Monday and Tuesday with the Iraqi Justice Minister, among others. We asked for the moratorium on the death penalty proclaimed by the American authorities to become a "permanent fixture in the new penal code", said MEP Gianfranco Dell'Alba, who was also present, in a press release. The Lista Bonino MEP also stated that the delegation had met Italian experts who "work in almost all ministries, in posts of high responsibility", and that "we got the impression of a reality that's moving forward". "the lady responsible for health told us that as of April, this sector will be entirely in the hands of the Iraqis, and that this will also happen for other sectors", said Mr Dell'Alba.